When I was five, I had cancer ( 癌 症). My family learned about an organization that provided photography (摄影) classes to kids 1   cancer. I took the classes and learned how to 2a camera and how to take photos in different lighting situations. Taking photos made me 3about being sick for a while.

    At first, most of my photos were of4little dog, Charlie. I took pictures of him sleeping or playing. I also took pictures of 5 like flowers, trees and rivers. I 6 took photos of a little mouse once.

    Last year, I got invited to be a photographer on the red carpet (地毯) of  a big show in Los Angeles. I was so excited 7I could take photos of famous people. It was my first time to get close to them! It felt 8.

    Being a photographer and taking photos makes me feel happy. Now I want to 9what I have learned with other kids. I can't wait to pass on everything I've learned about photography and make other 10feel great, too.

Love is the most (最) important thing in the world (世界). We need love in. our life and the world also needs love to get better.

When I was a little girl, I thought that my father didn't love me. He let me do everything by myself. I was afraid of darkness (黑暗)，but he let me walk home alone. When I did well in my study, he only said," Be better. "I couldn't understand (明白) him. Where was his love?

But one day, I understood his love. It was a rainy day. School was over. At first I was not happy because I didn't have an umbrella.

But then I saw that my father with a big umbrella walking in the rain. He kept me away from the rain with the umbrella and we ran home together. He was all wet. On that day, I knew my father loved me very much. I understand what love is.

    Tom Smith is English. He is 12. He is in No.8 Middle School. Is he in {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, Grade 7? Yes, he is. There are {#blank#}2{#/blank#}people in his family. Amy Smith is his {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. She is 60. His {#blank#}4{#/blank#} is John Smith. He is 41. What's his mother's name? Her name is Kate Smith. How old（多大年纪）is she? She's 40. Who is Mike Smith? He's Tom's {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. He is only eight.

Confidence is very important in daily life. It can help you form a healthy attitude. But how can we be more confident? Here are some suggestions:

Speak louder. When you are not confident, it's hard to do what you want to do well. You speak in a voice so low that other people can hardly hear you.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Your voice can help you become more confident.

Play sports. Physical exercise makes you tired but completely relaxed.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. 

Encourage yourself. Write down a list of things that you did during the day to see how many things you did well. Did you finish your homework? Did you tell a joke that made everybody laugh? {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. 

Get rid of(消除) fear. Fear goes along with failure.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Try to start again and believe you can do better.

Pick up a hobby.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. In some ways, a hobby can make you outstanding. And it will make you happy and confident.

A．Give yourself praise (夸奖) for the good things you have done

B．If you like singing, sing as much as you can

C．Try to speak loud enough so people can hear you clearly

D．But it is easy to overcome if you understand that failure is part of life

E．A strong body helps you be full of confidence.

(Tom and Bill are talking in the classroom.Tom=T Bill=B)

T: Hi, Bill! You are reading the novel again. 

B: Yes, Tom. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

T: How many times have you read it?

B: Three times. Every time I read it, I can always learn something new. 

T: Really? Who is your favorite writer?

B: Charles Dickens. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} What about you?

T: Me, too. He is also my favorite foreign writer. Please let me have a look at it. 

B: OK, here you are! {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

T: It is wonderful. I haven't read such a nice novel for long. Where did you buy it?

B: {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

T: I don't know where it is. Is it far from here?

B: No. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

T: Oh, I see. I'm going there to get one, too. Thank you!

B: You're welcome. 

Whenever we think about something, most of us have a feeling of words going through our minds. However, if you stop and try to listen to your own thoughts, you'll notice that they are not in order at all. It's easy to imagine that we think in the language that we speak, but this is completely wrong. Language can show the results of our thinking, but it's not the thinking itself. 

Getting the joke

Think about what happens when you "get" a joke: "I've decided to sell my Hoover (吸尘器). . . well, it was just collecting dust (灰尘). " Whether you laugh or not, you react (反应) at once. Then you try to put into words what the joke actually is. 

Another example is the thinking you need when playing a fast-moving video game. You might shout "Yes!"or "Got you!". But if you had to talk about all your plans aloud, your game play would slow down. Thoughts always come first and the expression of our thoughts in words comes later. 

Thinking in silence

Humans think about things without language all the time, and only report their thoughts in the language when they have time to do so. You can test this with a game. Read a word quickly, out loud or in your head. You'll find that while you're doing this, you won't be able to think with words, but you can still plan, reason and imagine, pretty much as normal. 

Smart minds

Just because humans don't need language to think, it doesn't mean that words don't help us. The real magic of language is that it allows people to share their thoughts with others. This means you don't have to face the world by yourself-you can learn from ideas created by the elderly. This lets humans develop science and technology, laws and stories. People can think without language, but language makes humans so smart.